Holiday Avocado Pear-Honey Pastry Bites

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Servings:

• Recipe serving size: 1 Puff
• Number of servings: Adjust Reset

Ingredients:

• Cooking Spray (preferably avocado oil)
• All-purpose flour, for dusting
• 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tbsp. water
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 ripe, fresh avocados, halved, pitted, peeled, sliced thin & then cut into 2-inch pieces, sprinkled with lemon juice
• 2 ripe red pears, cored, seeded, sliced thin & then cut into 2-inch pieces, sprinkled with lemon juice
• 1 7-oz package pre-sliced extra sharp white cheddar cheese (approx 6 slices), cut into 1 ½-inch squares
• 1/8 tsp. honey, in a squeeze bottle

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Lightly coat baking sheet with cooking spray
3. Lightly flour cutting surface, unroll thawed pastry sheets and cut into 1 ½ inch round circles (approx 24 from each sheet)
4. Place on prepared baking sheet, one inch apart
5. Whisk egg yolk and water in small bowl to create an egg wash and brush over each pastry round
6. Place in oven and bake for 10-12 minutes until tops are puffed and golden brown
7. Transfer rounds to wire rack to cool
8. To serve, gently split each puffed round with sharp knife to open
9. Drizzle honey over the top and across the inside of each opened puff pastry to bind. Add more if desired. Stack an avocado slice atop a pear slice and sprinkle lightly with lemon juice.
10. Stack a pear slice, then avocado slice, then cheese slice inside each puff
11. Loosely close the puffs and place on a serving tray
12. Serve immediately

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